Tag: Cabinet reshuffle

In what is being speculated as preparation for Lok Sabha elections 2019, Bharatiya Janata Party removes MP and former Minister Major General BC Khanduri from the chairman of the standing committee on Defence on Tuesday. The latest round of reshuffle in Parliamentary panels witnesses removal of two important BJP’s Member[Read More…]

Ever since the cabinet rejig happened on 3 September, Nitish Kumar’s party, JD(U)’s non-entry into the Modi cabinet has remained a big talking point. The Bihar CM has played it down saying that it was never discussed. However, sources said that the PM spoke to Nitish at least twice ahead[Read More…]

Nirmala Sitharaman as defence minister is an “excellent” choice in the cabinet reshuffle feels defense expert PK Sehgal. “I think it is an excellent choice. She is focused, committed, hardworking leader,” he said. Sitharaman will prove to be an outstanding defense minister and has established herself as a persevering leader,[Read More…]

The Congress on Sunday took a jibe at the induction of four former bureaucrats in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new cabinet, and said that this showed he did not trust his political colleagues. Manish Tewari, Congress spokesperson, described the 9 new ministers as a “senior citizens’ club”, pointing out that[Read More…]

After being promoted to the union cabinet today, Nirmala Sitharaman has been made the country’s new defence minister. She takes charge of the ministry from Arun Jaitley, who has been saying for a long time that he would like to focus his attention entirely on the finance ministry. Sitharaman is[Read More…]

According to the reports carried by leading various houses, presently Union Minister for power, Piyush Goyal is all set to for an elevation to a full-fledged cabinet portfolio. The Minister of State with independent charge for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy, has been considered for long as among the[Read More…]

Four ministers were promoted to the cabinet rank and nine new ministers took oath at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday morning following the cabinet reshuffling. The focus is now on who PM Modi will pick to be the new defence and railways ministers. Ministers from the Janata Dal United, will[Read More…]

If the speculation turns out true, these names will be included in the Modi’s cabinet 3.0. Here’s a glimpse into the background of the expected new cabinet ministers. Shiv Pratap Shukla Shiv Pratap Shukla is a Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh. He is a Member of the Parliamentary Standing[Read More…]

In what is being seen as an attempt to accommodate Janta Dal United (JD(U)) in the cabinet, the Modi ministry is set for a major rejig on Sunday. This is the third and speculated to be the last cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the general elections in[Read More…]

If sources are to be believed, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is “very happy” with the performance of highways minister, Nitin Gadkari, and has decided against tinkering with his portfolio in Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday. PM Modi and BJP chief, Amit Shah, had earlier toyed with the idea of moving Gadkari[Read More…]

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